Agriculture Administration
John Baugh: Beck's Hybrids Beyond the Fence Awards for outstanding support and promotion of Indiana agriculture; Friend of Indiana Agriculture award for outstanding contributions to agriculture by a non-farmer
Agricultural Communication
The following staff won awards from the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences:
The ACE award entry "Lafayette Science Café," won the gold award in Class 35a and Outstanding Professional Skill winner in Marketing and Media Relations. Team members – Brian Wallheimer, Dan Annarino, Sharon Katz and Jamie Loizzo.
The ACE award entry "Salad Dressing Study," is the gold award winner in Class 37 – single marketing item for Brian Wallheimer.
The ACE award entry "Purdue Master Gardener Manual," is this year’s gold award winner in Class 21 – one to full color popular publications. Those who worked on the project were - Kevin Leigh Smith and Tim Thompson
The ACE award entry "Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide," is this year’s gold award winner in Class 22 – technical publications. Team Members - Kevin Leigh Smith and Russell Merzdorf
The ACE award entry "Eat Clean," a food safety communication project, won gold in Class 42 - "Writing for Targeted Publics." Team members - Abigail Borron, Mark Tucker, Carol McGrew, Dan Annarino, Hyunyi Cho, Brooke Friley, (both Cho and Friley in the Dept. of Comm at Purdue) and Jeff LeJeune, (Ohio State)
The ACE award entry "Indiana Drought" is this year’s bronze award winner in Class 36 – Media relations campaign. Team members were Steve Cain, Tom Campbell, Joan Crow, Steve Doyle, Beth Forbes, Wright Frazier, Abby Hostetler, Sharon Katz, Steve Leer, Jamie Loizzo, Olivia Maddox, Keith Robinson, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Stewart, Tim Thompson, Brian Wallheimer.
AgIT
ACMT Certification (Apple Certified Macintosh Technician), Part I: Jessica Rusco; Carol Reisert; Nishee Johnson; Rob Blue; Rick Rodriguez; Dan Rhine
Technical Management Institute: Kirby Kalbaugh; Top Pluimer; Rick Rodriquez; Ed Stanisz; Pat Smoker; Rick Westerman
ACMT Certification (Apple Certified Macintosh Technician), Part II: Carol Reisert; Nishee Johnson; Rob Blue; Brandon Kerns; Rick Rodriguez; Dan Rhine
American Management Association – Voice of Leadership: Eric Adams; Leanne McGiveron; Rick Rodriquez; Ed Stanisz; Pat Smoker
Dan Rhine - Knowledge Center Support Foundations
Rick Rodriguez - Support Center Manager
Leanne McGiveron - Service Value and Quality Management
Tom Pluimer - Technical Management Institute
Charlie Smith - CIW JavaScript Specialist; CIW Web Design Specialist; CIW Web Foundations Associate; CompTIA A+ Practical Application; Microsoft Technology Associate
Benjamin Fox – Microsoft Specialist; HTML5 with Javascript & CSS3
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Faculty:
Dennis Buckmaster: 2012-2013 ABE Outstanding Department Counselor
Bernie Engel: APLU Food Systems Leadership Institute
Dan Ess: 2012-2013 ABE Outstanding Department Teacher – Agriculture
Nathan Mosier: 2012-2013 ABE Outstanding Department Teacher – Engineering
Klein Ileleji; Monika Ivantysynova; Gary Krutz; Jenna Rickus; Bernard Tao: Honored at PRF 8th Annual Inventors Recognition Reception
Don Jones, William Field, Dennis Buckmaster: 2012 Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award (ASABE) “Cow-Calf Production in the US Corn Belt”
Breaking New Ground: ASABE Blue Ribbon for the www.agrability.org website
Graduate Students:
2013 ABE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards:
M.S. – Barron Hewetson
Ph.D. – Cibin Raj
Anne Dare: Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching Honoree
Sujan Dhar: 2nd place at the NFPA Workforce Summit and CCEFP Annual Meeting Poser Session Contest (Fluid Structure Interaction Modeling of Lubricating Interfaces in Gear Machines)
Caitlin Grady and Fuschia Hoover: Fellows. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Ulhas Kadam: Magoon Award Honoree
Brittany Newell: College of Engineering Outstanding Researcher Award
Matteo Pelosi and Monika Ivantysynova: Best Paper award at the ASME/Bath Symposium on Fluid Power & Motion Control
Guido Ritelli: Graduate Mentor of the Summer Award (SURF Research Symposium)
Andrew Schenk: Backe Medal (7th FPNI PhD Symposium, Reggio Emilia, Italy) “The Influence of Swashplate Elastohydrodynamic Deformation in the Slipper-Swashplate Interface”
Marco Zecchi: Distinguished Paper Recognition Award (7th FPNI PhD Symposium, Reggio Emilia, Italy) “An investigation of the impact of micro surface shaping on the sylinder block/valve plate inter-face performance through a novel thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic model”
Undergraduate Students:
2012-2013 ABE Outstanding Department Undergraduates –
Agricultural Engineering:
Sophomore – Caroline Schier
Junior – Jordan Garrity
Senior – HannahJoy Pheasant
Agricultural Systems Management:
Freshman – Peyton Hite
Sophomore – Joel Waterman
Junior – Adam Sills
Senior – Eli Fred
Biological Engineering:
Freshman – Sarah Cox
Sophomore – James Nolan
Junior – Jessica Wade
Senior – Sean Kearney
Sean Kearney: David C. Pfendler Scholar
Purdue iGEM Team (Chris Thompson, Amanda Shanley, Sean Kearney, August Clevenger, James Nolan, Mrudula Vemuri, Rachel Feltner, Laan Yeung, Gordon Showalter, Peter Mercado, Namita Balachander, Arthi Anand, Christopher Soverns, Haefa Mansour) won a gold medal for their project “Synthetic Biology in the Community: Accessible Biotechnology for Water Treatment”
Agricultural Economics
Faculty:
Joan Fulton: 2012 PUCESA Outstanding Extension Specialist Award
Allan Gray: National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators Early Career Leadership Award
Gerald Shiveley: 2012-13 Fellow of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program (CIC-ALP).
Staff:
Marsha Pritchard: Outstanding Service Award, Clerical
Lou Ann Baugh: Outstanding Service Award, Admin Professional
Graduate Students:
Michelle Pratt: Outstanding M.S. Thesis
Ce Wu: Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation
E.M. Sajeev: 1st Place Poster
Undergraduate Students:
Sam Koester; Ernest Lesma: Top Senior Scholar
Jackson Troxel: David and Stacy Hefty Outstanding Senior in AgEcon
Erin Whittaker: Outstanding Junior
Luke Leichty: Outstanding Sophomore
Shelby Swain: Outstanding Freshman
Michael Baird: 2nd place, undergraduate division, Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition
Agronomy
Faculty:
Sylvie Brouder: Food Systems Leadership Institute Fellow, 2012; Seeds for Success; Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research, 2012
Shaun Casteel: “Soybean Success” newsletter series in the Indiana Prairie Farmer was recognized as an outstanding example of Extension education by the American Society of Agronomy; 2013 Early Career Representative to the American Society of Agronomy Board of Directors; Vice Chair of the Extension Education Community with the Agronomy Society of Agronomy, 2012
Gebisa Ejeta: Honorary Doctorate from Jimma University, Ethiopia, 2012; 2013 College of Agriculture’s Millionaires Club
Richard Grant: Agronomy nominee for the 2013 David C. Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor Award; Distinguished Professor, Mexico Academy of Sciences, 2012
Yiwei Jiang: member of Sigma Xi, 2012
Brad Joern: 2012 Fellow, Soil Society Science of America
Keith Johnson: 2012 Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award – Comprehensive Category Publication, American Society of Agricultural And biological Engineers.
Eileen Kladivko, Corey Gerber, Kevin Smith, and the entire Midwest Cover Crops Team received the Gold Award for technical publications from the Association for Communication Excellence, Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide
Linda Lee: 2013 Purdue Graduate Student Government Outstanding Faculty Mentor Recognition Award.
Cindy Nakatsu: 2012 Chair, Sigma Xi Purdue University Chapter
Dev Niyogi: 2013 College of Agriculture’s Millionaires Club
Phillip Owens: 2013 Soil Science Society of America Pedology Program Chair
Aaron Patton and Daniel Weisenberger: 2012 Certificate of Excellence, “Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals Extension Education Materials Contest, 2012, American Society of Agronomy
Aaron Patton: 2012 Service Learning Faculty Development Program; Agronomy nominee for 2013 Richard L. Kohls Early Career Award.
Ron Turco: 2013 Soil Science Society of America Program Planning Officer
Jeffrey Volenec: Board of Directors, Agronomic Science Foundation; Purdue University Excellence in Research Seed for Success Award
Tony Vyn: 2012 Werner L. Nelson Researcher of the Year Award, Fluid Fertilizer Foundation; Agronomy nominee for 2013 Outstanding Graduate Educator Award.
Cliff Weil: 2012 Chair, Midwest Section, American Society for Plant Biology
Staff:
Jane Wiercioch: Agronomy nominee for the 2013 Outstanding Service to Student Award.
Graduate Students:
Jennifer Burks: Agronomy Nominee for the 2013 Gerald O. Mott Award – Jennifer Burks
Michael Mastare: Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship Award; CETA Award 2013; Joe L. White Graduate Student Award in Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy; Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Peter Kovacs, Travis Sondgerath: CIE Graduate Teaching Certificate 2013
Rima Thapa and Patrick Ongom: John D. Axtell Graduate Student Award in Plant Breeding and Genetics
Jason Roth: M.O. Pence Graduate Scholarship
Jon Trappe: Marvin and Barbara Phillips Scholarship
Quincy Law: Outstanding Graduate Extension Award
Edwin Suarez: Outstanding Graduate Research Award (MS)
Ronald Navarrete-Ganchozo: Outstanding Graduate Research Award (PhD)
Phil Long and Peter Kovacs: Wayne P. Rothgeb Memorial Scholarship
Raymond Lindsey and Tyler Tiede: Wyman E. Nyquist Scholarship
Undergraduate Students:
Agronomy Nominee for Commencement Student Responder – Joseph Heneghan
Agronomy Nominee for Martin C. Jischke Outstanding International Student Award – Jason Chen
Agronomy Nominee for the ASA Outstanding Senior Award – John R. Scott
Agronomy Nominee for the Flora Roberts Award (Outstanding Senior Woman) – Sara Alford
Agronomy Nominee for the G.A. Ross Award (Outstanding Senior Man) – Joseph M. Heneghan
Agronomy Outstanding Freshman – Kathryn M. Graf
Agronomy Outstanding Junior – Daniel Sweeney
Agronomy Outstanding Senior – Joseph M. Heneghan
Agronomy Outstanding Sophomore – Matthew J. Dudley
Arvin R. (Rudy) Hilst Memorial Scholarship – Martha R. Kille, Kelsey Tuholski, Uday Mitsuyasu, Valerie A. Cross
Bruce F. Hardy Memorial Scholarship – Jacob Harden
Carol A. Thiele Memorial Scholarship – Danielle Atkins, Gina L. Jones, Allison Streeter, Elizabeth Williams
Charles and Rosalee Schmidt Scholarship in Agronomy – Caleb J. Lattimer
Dr. J.B. Peterson Scholarship in Agronomy (sponsored by Bruce A. and Katherina M. Maunder Scholarship Endowment) – Allison Streeter
Dr. Wayne Keim Scholarship in Agronomy (sponsored by Bruce A. and Katherina M. Maunder Scholarship Endowment) – Lori Nussbaum
Emerson J. Kuhn Scholarship – Austin M. Pearson, Ashley Sheetz
F. E. Robbins Scholarship – John R. Scott, Cameron W. Cox, Austin M. Pearson, Nick McLennan
James J. Vorst Cropping Systems and Soil Science Scholarship – Brandon Ertel
Keim Family Scholarship – Sara L. Alford, Daniel Sweeney, Uday Mitsuyasu, Andrew Katz
Kenneth and Mary Cohee Crop and Soil Science Award – Danielle Atkins, Lori Nussbaum, Joseph Heneghan
Kenneth B. and Mary Cohee Scholarship in Agronomy – Lori Nussbaum, Sara L. Alford, Joseph Heneghan, Gina L. Jones, Nick McLennan, Allison Streeter, Elizabeth Williams, Brandon Ertel, John Wanhainen, William Ritter, Matthew R. Price
M.O. Pence Undergraduate Scholarship – Martha Kille
Ozzie Luetkemeier Endowment in Agronomy – Kelsey Tuholski, Melanie Jones, Caleb J. Lattimer, Elizabeth Gorski
Seever Award – Austin C. James
Turf Scholarships 2012-2013:
Don Fassnacht Scholarship – Zachary Ferguson
MRTF Golf Day Scholarship (presented by Syngenta) – Christopher J. Coy
Max Slack Scholarship – Jada Powlen
William H. Daniel Graduate Scholarship – W. Tracy Tudor Jr.
William H. Daniel Graduate Scholarship – Quincy D. Law
William H. Daniel Undergraduate Scholarship – Andrew J. Wilhelm
Midwest Regional Turf Foundation Scholarship –
Jada Powlen, Matthew Dudley, Clayton Walters, Brock Miller, Andrew Marking, Gabriel Macke, Nate D. Brown
Undergraduate Students:
Kelsey Tuholski, Mid America Crop Life Association Young Leader Scholarship
Allison Turner, NRES: 2013-2014 Udall Scholar
Natural Resources and Environmental Science Program:
Outstanding Freshman: Nicole Smith
Outstanding Sophomore: My-Lea Coulombe-Quach
Outstanding Junior: Brittany Sievers
Outstanding Senior: Katheryn Best
Animal Sciences
Faculty:
Layi Adeola: 2012 Broiler Research Award, Poultry Science meeting
Paul Ebner: National Extension Leadership Development 2012 Class
Patricia “Scotti” Hester: Golden Egg Award, Indiana State Poultry Association; 2013 Midwest Poultry Consortium service award
Ron Lemenager: Indiana Beef Cattle Association’s 2012 Outstanding Cattleman Award
Amy Lossie: Seed for Success at the Purdue Research Award Ceremony; College of Agriculture Millionaire’s Club; Finalist for 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Policy Fellowship
Shihuan Kuang: 2012 Showalter Trustee award winner
Tamilee Nennich: Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialist Association (PUCESA) Early Career Award
Terry Stewart and Ron Lemenager: 2012 ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award
Paul Ebner and Jolena Waddell participated in the “Back to Class” program with a session entitled “What’s Really in Your Burger”. As a result of the success of their class, Jolena and Paul were invited to present their program at the “Best of the Back to Class” in Naples FL in February.
Departmental "Ear Tag" Awards: Best Advisors: Ashley York and Mark Russell, Most Helpful: Barry Delks, Best Lecture: Jolena Waddell, Best Lab: Mike Neary, Toughest Exam: Scott Mills; Best Trip of the Year: Barry Delks and Mark Russell-ANSC181, Best ASREC Unit: Dairy Unit, and Favorite ANSC Experience: Academic Quadrathalon
Staff:
Pat Jonas and JoAnn Galyon: Honorary Members of the Block & Bridle Club
Phil Reid: College of Agriculture Outstanding Service to Students award
Graduate Students
Keegan Gay: 2012 American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) MS Oral Presentation competition winner
Patrick Gunn: 2012 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching Award.
Zach Rambo: Pinnacle Award for Outstanding Graduate Students in Animal Nutrition, 2012 American Society of Animal Sciences national meeting; 2012 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching Award
Heather Tucker: American Dairy Science Association Outstanding PhD Poster Competition award, Joint Annual Meeting of ASAS, ADSA, CSAS; Midwest ADSA Young Scholar Award from the American Dairy Science Association
Giovana Vieria: Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship
2012 Department of Animal Sciences LOUJA Winners: Tana Dennis – Evaluation of feed delivery methods for growing dairy heifers; Sarah Fraley – Effect of dietary potassium on water intake and rumen dynamics; Chiao-Ling Lo – Notchless impacts multiple signaling pathways during pre-implantation development; and Chia-Li Shih – The role of MMP-13 in adipocyte differentiation.
2012 Department of Animal Sciences Celebration of Science winners include:
BOOK-HARMON LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP- Collette Thogerson
G. W. FRIARS INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP – Abraham Tesafamichael
W.R. FEATHERSTON OFF-CAMPUS TRAINING FELLOWSHIP – Nathan Horn
W.R. FEATHERSTON EARLY GRADUATE CAREER AWARD – Pengpeng Bi
W.R. FEATHERSTON OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD – Patrick Gunn
W.R. FEATHERSTON OUTSTANDING Ph.D. AWARD – Patrick Gunn
Undergraduate Students:
Outstanding Freshman – Abigail Haffner
Outstanding Sophomore – Acacia Herr
Outstanding Junior – Jennifer Colvill
Outstanding Senior – Kelli Kirtley
Bailey Farrar: 2013 Pork Board Scholarship
Kelli Kirtley: Mortar Board Scholarship
Kendra Hedge: College of Agriculture 400 Club
Biochemistry
Faculty:
Jim Forney: Departmental nominee, Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher; 2013 Trustee Teaching Award from the Indiana University Board of Trustees
Mark Hall: Bindley Bioscience Center Fellow for 2013-2014
Joe Ogas: Departmental nominee, David C. Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor
Sandra Rossie: Departmental nominee, Outstanding Graduate Educator
Staff:
Senior Researcher Award – Nick Bonawitz
Linda Siersema Staff Excellence Award – Linda Siersema
Graduate Students:
Arnold K. Balls Award; Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship – Christie Eissler
Hickory Stick Award – Brendan Powers
Henry A. Moses Award – Ji Chen
Beach Family Travel Grant – Amjad Nasir and Li Pan
Henry Weiner Travel Grant – Kit Ma
PRF Research – Nina Serratore
Undergraduate Students:
Outstanding Freshman – Erin Morrison
Outstanding Sophomore – Emily Erickson
Outstanding Junior – Erin Nicklow
Outstanding Senior – Gabe Rangel
Emily Erickson: Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention; Astronaut Scholarship nominee
Gabe Rangel: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study
Botany and Plant Pathology
Faculty:
Cathie Aime: Fellow of the Mycological Society of America
Nick Carpita: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Steve Hallett: Botany and Plant Pathology Outstanding Teaching Award
Rick Latin: 2012 Midwest Regional Turf Foundation Award of Achievement
Ray Martyn: Best Presentation Award, 2012 EUCARPIA Cucurbitaceae meeting in Turkey
Kiersten Wise: 2012 Experiment Station Section Award of Excellence in Multistate Research presented by NIFE and APLU.
Staff:
John Cavaletto: Botany and Plant Pathology Outstanding Service to Students Award
Gail Ruhl, 2012 Excellence in Extension Award from the American Phytopathological Society
Fred Whitford: North Central Region Award for Excellence in Extension, APLU; Hovde Award for Service to Rural Indiana
Imprelis Herbicide Injury Response Team: 2012 PUCESA Team Award. BTNY members on this team are: Tom Creswell, Gail Ruhl, Amy Deitrich, Anna Meier, Chris Speers, and Janna Beckerman.
Graduate Students:
Paul Marquardt: 2012 Outstanding Graduate Student, North Central Weed Science Society
Rachel Koch: D. Woods Thomas Memorial Fund to Support International Studies; Mycological Society of America’s Graduate Research Prize for one of 2 best student poster presentations; MSA’s Forest Fungal Ecology Award
Rachel Koch and Jorge Diaz-Valderrama: MSA Mentor Student Travel Award
Joey Walker: 2013 CETA Teaching Award from the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Undergraduate Students:
Outstanding Senior - Kloe Belush
Outstanding Junior – Christian Webb
Outstanding Sophomore – Jess Bunchek
Outstanding Freshman – Melanie Wilson
Entomology
Faculty:
Linda Mason: PUCESA Career Award
Larry Murdock: Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Burkina Faso
Ricky Foster: College Millionaire's Club Award
Ian Kaplan: Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering; Entomology Department Early Career Award
Christian Krupke: Outstanding Graduate Educator
Jonathan Neal: Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher: Oustanding Undergraduate Counselor
Staff:
Timothy Gibb: Provost Award 25 Years of Service
Eileen Luke: Provost Award 30 Years of Service
John Obermeyer: Outstanding Service Award in Entomology; Provost Award 25 Years of Service
Amanda Pendleton: Outstanding Service to Students; Provost Award 10 Years of Service
Graduate Students:
Carmen Blubaugh: Bob Oakes Memorial/Weisburger family Scholarship
Mahsa Fardisi: Norm Ehmann/Univar USA Scholarship
Zachary Karl: BASF Professional Pest Control Scholarship
Daniel Martin: Bob Oakes Memorial/Weisburger Family Scholarship; CETA Excellence in Teaching Award
Aaron Myers: Pest Management Professional Magazine Scholarship
Mary Rushton: Pest Management Professional Magazine Scholarship
Adam Salyer: Gerald Leeb Scholarship
Steven Smith: C. C. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
Yanlin (Kevin) Tian: National Pest Management Association Scholarship
Scott Williams: William L. Brehm Memorial Scholarship
Adam Witte: John J. Davis Memorial Scholarship
Undergraduate Students:
Lauren Beebe: A-Mark Pest Management/Eli Lilly Scholarship
Scottie Brittsan: George E. Gould Scholarship; Austin M. Frishman Scholarship
Alyssa Collins: J. Edwin Sameth Memorial Scholarship
Alicia Conrad: John J. Davis Memorial Scholarship
Frances Cooper: Austin M. Frishman Scholarship
Danielle Craig: C. C. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
Serena Gross: Oser Family Scholarship
Elaina Grott: J. Edwin Sameth Memorial Scholarship
Emily Justus: Rhodes Scholarship: Outstanding Freshman in Entomology
Matthew Keen: John J. Davis Memorial Scholarship
Caryn Michel: George E. Gould Scholarship; Outstanding Junior in Entomology
Carly Morris: John J. Davis Memorial Scholarship
Emily Mroczkiewicz: George E. Gould Scholarship
Kyle Pluchar: Indiana Pest Management Association Memorial Scholarship
Hannah Quellhorst: George E. Gould Scholarship
Stephanie Russell: John J. Davis Memorial Scholarship
Susanna Sisk: J.T. Eaton & Company Scholarship
Julia Snyder: Rhodes Scholarship; Outstanding Sophomore in Entomology
Tyler Stewart: John J. Davis Memorial Scholarship; Outstanding Senior in Entomology
Sean Tormoehlen: John J. Davis Memorial Scholarship
Jeffery Trembacki: J.T. Eaton & Company Scholarship
Chelsea Wood: A-Mark Pest Management/Eli Lilly Scholarship
Huizhe (Roy) Zhou: William L. Brehm Memorial Scholarship
Food Science
Faculty:
Avtar Handa: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Bruce Hamaker: AACCI (American Association of Cereal Chemists International) Alsberg-French-Schoch Award
Suzanne Nielsen: Fellow, Food Systems Leadership Institute
Graduate Students:
Daniel Erickson, selected as finalist in American Association of Cereal Chemists International best student research paper competition
Kacie Ho, National Science Foundation Fellowship
Belinda Christina, Committee of the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA) Teaching Award
Alyssa Beatty and Amanda Stewart: Center for Instructional Excellence Graduate Teacher Certification
Undergraduate Students:
Morgan Meiser, Outstanding Freshman
Joshua Jackson, Outstanding Sophomore
Patrick Polowsky, Outstanding Junior
Amber Furrer, Outstanding Senior; Outstanding Senior Award, Phi Tau Sigma
Molly McKneight, finalist for Truman Scholarship
New Inductees into Phi Tau Sigma: Ashley Broady; Tingting Chen; Dennis Cladis; Amber Furrer; Kacie Ho; Joshua Jones; Kaitlin Kaczay; Janathan Kershaw; Amy Hui-Mei Lin; Anbuhkani Muniandy
Food Science College Bowl Team that won the Midwest Regional Competition: Dr. Haley Oliver, Faculty Advisor/Coach; Josh Jones, Ph.D. student; Matt Allan, M.S. student; Ginny Wildt, Senior; Amber Furrer, Senior; Laura Zimmerer, M.S. student
Forestry and Natural Resources
Faculty:
Reuben Goforth: Outstanding Counselor Award
Mike Jenkins: Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award -- Early Career
Bryan Pijanowski, University Faculty Scholar
Linda Prokopy: Outstanding Graduate Educator
Guofan Shao, #2 most highly cited paper published in Landscape Ecology in the last five years
Rod Williams: Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award; Exemplary Faculty Service Award
Hao Zhang, Associate Head of the Department of Statistics
Staff:
Diana Evans: Outstanding Administrative/Professional staff member, 2012
Julie Pluimer: Outstanding Service to Students Award
Ron Rathfon: 2012 President’s Award from the Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management Area (SICWMA); Fellow, Society of American Foresters (SAF)
Tracey Simmerman: Outstanding Clerical staff member, 2012
Graduate Students:
Sarah L. Dumyahn: 2013 CETA Teaching Award for Forestry and Natural Resources; Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award
Kyle Earnshaw: Fischer Forestry Fund Graduate Student Scholarship
Anna Fahey: PULSe Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
Nicholas LaBonte: Charles H. Michler Scholarship for the Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher in Forest Biology
Nathan Lichti: Kirkpatrick Memorial Graduate Student Award
Amber Saylor Mase: Second place, graduate student poster competition at the American Meteorological Society annual meeting; First Place, FNR Research Symposium PhD Engagement Poster Award
Joshua Shields: Exemplary Graduate Student Service Award
Micah Stevens: Purdue Graduate Student Government travel grant
Janna Willoughby: Sigma Xi grant for graduate research
FNR Research Symposium Ph.D. Research Poster Awards: Joshua Shields (1st place), Micah Stevens (2nd place), Robert Morrissey (Honorable Mention)
FNR Research Symposium M.S. Research Poster Awards: Amy Miller (1st place), Jessica Wilson (2nd place), Jenny Zenobio (3rd place)
Undergraduate Students:
Kris Brown: Ramsey Scholarship Award from the Indiana Arborist Association; Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship
Jessica Rodkey: William A. Rafferty Award for Wildlife Leadership and Citizenship; Stanley Coulter Leadership Award; L. David Mech Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award
Glenn R. Allison Scholarship: Katherine Walker (Freshman), Sarah Ricketts (Sophomore), Melissa Stallard (Junior)
Gladden Scholarships: Courtney Louden (Freshman), Jasmine Peele (Freshman), Christian Houser (Sophomore), Ivy Widick (Sophomore), Matt Farr (Junior), Jade Tonos (Junior), and Rachel Vanausdall (Junior)
John Oliver Holwager II Memorial Scholarship: Joni Willits (Sophomore) and Austin Prechtel (Freshman)
Roy C. Brundage Memorial Scholarship: Jarred Keller
Ewbank-Bishop Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Natural Resources: Christian Houser (Sophomore) and Allison Rubeck (Junior)
Pike Lumber Company Scholarship: Nathan Fishburn
Natural Resources Planning and Decision Making Academic Merit Award: Andrew Bagnara (Senior)
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Academic Merit Awards: Nicholas Simpson (Sophomore), Wesley Goldsmith (Junior), Sara Andree (Senior)
Outstanding Camper Awards: Jayson Gallatin, Craig Reckelhoff, Kevin O’Brien
Wildlife Academic Merit Awards: Seth Peters (Sophomore), Amanda Webb (Junior), and Olivia Leonard
Leadership Award: Megan Winzeler
Forestry Academic Merit Awards: Carmen Dobbs (Sophomore), Jarred Keller (Junior), Chris Sullivan (Senior)
Society of American Foresters Outstanding Senior Award: Craig Reckelhoff
Wood Products Manufacturing Technology: Jia Qi (Sophomore)
Durward Allen Memorial Award: Amanda Webb (Junior)
Undergraduate Research Award: Rachel Vanausdall
Undergraduate Engagement Award: Wes Homoya
Outstanding Freshman: Dominique Turney
Outstanding Sophomore: Carmen Dobbs
Outstanding Junior: Amanda Webb
Outstanding Senior: Christina Bienz
FNR Research SymposiumUndergraduate Research Poster Awards: Olivia Leonard and Jon Moore (1st place); Christopher Sullivan (2nd place); Aaron Cragun (Honorable Mention)
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Faculty:
Jennifer Dennis: Departmental nominee, Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Avtar Handa: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Robert Sovinski: Departmental nominee, David C. Pfendler Outstanding Counselor Award
Graduate Students:
Purdue University Graduate Student Teaching Award: Ulhas S. Kadam
Incoming Graduate Student Awards: Michael P. Dzakovich, Charles C. Chappelle Graduate Fellowship, Graduate School; Garrett Owen, Purdue Ross Fellowship, Graduate School; Paul Ecke Scholarship
Norman Best – runner-up for best oral presentation award by a graduate student at the 2013 Midwest Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists for his presentation on: "Interactions with growth media affect the efficiency of the brassinosteroid biosynthesis inhibitor propiconazole in maize.”
Marcia Croft – D. Woods Thomas Memorial International Award in support of her proposal for international research activities in Africa.
Michael Dzakovich – First Place award in the undergraduate oral competition for his presentation "LED versus HPS Supplemental Lighting Effects on Fruit Quality of Greenhouse Tomato" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science
Matt Rudisill – First Place award in the competition for best poster in the Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis section of the Soil Science Society of America meeting
Kabelo Segobye – First Place award in the graduate student poster competition in the Herbicide Physiology Section during the North Central Weed Science Society annual meeting.
Landon Young – award for best graduate poster presentation in his session at the ASA, CSSA and SSSA combined Annual Meetings; 2013 Kaufman Global Scholar
Undergraduate Students:
Outstanding Senior Award – Michael J. Baird
Outstanding Junior Award – Zhicheng Xu
Outstanding Sophomore Award – Jada Sue Powlen
Outstanding Freshman Award – Allison K. Wigger
Laurenz Greene Summer Research Scholarships: Alyssa Hilligoss, Bryce Patz, Audra Franz
Purdue Agricultural Centers Experience (PACE) Award, co-sponsored by ARP and OAP: Alyssa Hilligoss
Purdue Landscape Architecture Program Awards:
Outstanding Freshman – Ariana Detogne
Outstanding Sophomore – Amanda Wenger
Outstanding Junior – Daniel Xu
Outstanding Senior – Steven Walz
Design Awards:
Design Excellence (Junior) – Daniel Xu
Design Excellence (Senior) – Matthew Luce
Special Recognition:
Student Service Award – Andrew Stangel
Olmsted Scholar – Nicholas Mitchell
Molnar Scholarship 2012-13 – Joe Cogswell
ASLA Academic Honor and Merit Awards:
Honor Awards – Zheming Cai, Lana Merrill, Nicholas Mitchell
Merit Awards – Joseph Cogswell, Camille Mahan, Steven Walz
Youth Development and Agricultural Education
Faculty:
Abigail Borron: Richard L. Kohls Early Career Award
Neil Knobloch: Outstanding Graduate Educator; North Central AAAE (American Association of Agricultural Educators) Outstanding 2nd Runner-up Poster Presentation Award
Jerry Peters: David C. Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor; 2012 ACE (Association for Communication Excellence) Bronze Award
Allan Talbert: Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher; NAAE (National Association of Agricultural Teachers) Outstanding Cooperation Award, Region 4; Indiana FFA Association Honorary Hoosier FFA Degree
Staff:
Daniel Gottschalk: 2012 ACE (Association for Communication Excellence) Bronze Award
Steve McKinley: Outstanding Service to Students; NAE4-HA (National Association of Extension 4-H Agents) Meritorious Service Award; Indiana Extension Educators Association Team Award
Kimber Nicolletti: YWCA Salute to Women Award
Graduate Students:
Lindsay Nobbe-Lafolette: 2012 AAAE (American Association of Agricultural Educators) Outstanding Thesis Award
Inez Ponce de Leon: 2012 ACE (Association for Communication Excellence) Outstanding Dissertation Award
Melissa Welsh: 2013 CETA Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award; Golden Key International Honor Society
Undergraduate Students:
Outstanding Freshman: Sarah Correll, Ag. Education
Outstanding Sophomore: Armenda Boyer, Ag. Communication
Outstanding Junior: Emmy Kratz, Ag.Education
Outstanding Senior: Brooklynn Slabaugh, Ag Communication
This issue of InFocus is devoted entirely to celebrating all our award winners in the College of Agriculture throughout the 2012-2013 academic year.
Bruce Applegate, Food Science: 2013 Patent Honoree
Mike Boehlje, Agricultural Economics: Purdue Extended Campus Excellence in Distance Learning
Abigail Borron, Youth Development and Agricultural Education: Teaching Academy
Dennis Buckmaster, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: David C. Pfendler Outstanding Counselor Award
Scott Downey, Agricultural Economics: Teaching Academy 
Allan Gray, Agricultural Economics: Land O'Lakes Chair in Food and Agribusiness
Ben Gramig, Agricultural Economics: Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship
Michael Gunderson, Agricultural Economics: Purdue Extended Campus Excellence in Distance Learning
Catherine Hill, Entomology: University Faculty Scholar
Klein Ileleji, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 2013 Patent Honoree
Joseph Irudayaraj, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy
Monika Ivantysynova, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 2013 Patent Honoree
Douglass Jacobs, Forestry and Natural Resources: Fred M. vanEck Chair in Forest Biology
Gary Krutz, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 2013 Patent Honoree
Amy Lossie, Animal Sciences: Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship
John Lumkes, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy
Mark Morgan, Food Science: Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy; 2013 Patent Honoree
Hayley Oliver, Food Science: Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Bryan Pijanowski, Forestry and Natural Resources: University Faculty Scholar
Jenna Rickus, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy; 2013 Patent Honoree
Sean Rotar, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture: Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Gerald Shively, Agricultural Economics: CIC-Academic Leadership Program Fellow
W. Andy Tao, Biochemistry: Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy Scholar
Bernard Tao, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 2013 Patent Honoree
Tom Turpin, Entomology: Honorary Old Master
Jolena Waddell, Animal Sciences: Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Charles Woloshuk, Botany and Plant Pathology: Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline
Anna Anderson, Botany and Plant Pathology, 2013 Eleanor Kaplan Award for Exceptional Customer Service. 
Pam Mow, Botany and Plant Pathology: 2012 Eudoxia Girard Martin Memorial Staff Recognition Award. 
Laura Donaldson, Agricultural Economics: 2013 Flora Roberts Award for Outstanding Senior Woman 
Tameca Hull, Animal Sciences: Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff Service and Leadership Award
Mercedes LaLand, Biochemistry: Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff PBAO Endowed Scholarship 
Eric O'Rear, Agricultural Economics: Black Graduate Student Association Dr. Luther S. Williams Leadership Award
Gabriel Rangel, Biochemistry: 2013 G.A. Ross Award for Outstanding Senior Man 
Peter Mercado-Reyes, Biochemistry: Roger Blalock Emerging Leader Award 
Jackson Troxel, Agricultural Economics: 2013 France Córdova Outstanding Leadership Award 
Stephen Backus, Forestry and Natural Resources: 
Bailey Farrer, Animal Sciences: 
Abigail Maurer, Youth Development and Agricultural Education: 
Zachary Amodt, Entomology: 
Cale Bigelow, Agronomy: Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Arun Bhunia, Food Science: Outstanding Graduate Educator
Mario Ferruzzi, Food Science: Agricultural Research Award
Agronomy - Aaron J. Patton
Gwen Shoemaker, Food Science: Outstanding Service to Students
Erin Whittaker, Outstanding Junior
Emily Erickson, Outstanding Sophomore
Sarah Cox, Outstanding Freshman